The Pope County Election Commission will certify the Walmart Rezoning Ordinance Special Election held on Aug. 13 at the office of the Pope County Clerk at 1 p.m. Friday.

On Wednesday, Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. to appoint workers for the Sept. 10 One Cent Sales Tax Special Election.

Public demonstration of the equipment and media to be used during the One Cent Sales Tax Special Election will begin at 1 p.m. on Aug. 27.

Also, at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 27, there will be public demonstration of the equipment and media to be used during the 2013 Annual School Board Elections.

All of these meetings, with the exception of the certification, will be conducted at Election Headquarters, 1509 East Main St., Suite 7, Russellville.

Relay For Life Celebrity waiter event

Relay For Life of Pope and Yell counties will host a Celebrity Waiter Event on Friday at Italian Gardens Cafe on Main Street in Russellville.

The event featuring local celebrities will take place during the dinner service from 5-9 p.m.

All tips received by the celebrity waiters will go directly to the American Cancer Society.

A silent auction will be conducted throughout the evening with products and baskets from businesses throughout Pope and Yell counties.

If you are unable to attend the event but would like to help finish the fight against cancer, you may donate at www.relayforlife.org/pope.

Relay For Life is the largest fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

For more information, contact Tracy Roberts at (479) 858-1876 or tracy.roberts@russellvilleschools.net.

Civil War 150 exhibit open at ATU

A national traveling exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War opened at the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville on Monday.

The free exhibit will be open at Pendergraft Library and Technology Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 23. The final opportunities to see the exhibit at ATU will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 26-27, from 7 a.m. to midnight on Aug. 28-29 and from 7 a.m.to 6 p.m. on Aug. 30.

ATU will also host a series of special events that will examine the impact the Civil War had on Arkansas. All three programs will be open and free to the public and will take place in Pendergraft Library and Technology Center room 300 south.

Dr. Thomas A. DeBlack, professor of history at ATU, will present a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday. Local Civil War historians Wayne Phillips, Paul Staton and Michael Whitaker will participate in a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Aug. 22. The discussion will focus on the Battle at Dardanelle and other skirmishes that took place in and around the Arkansas River Valley during the Civil War. The finale in the series of programs will be a performance by HARMONY, a band from Mountain View that will perform music from the Civil War era beginning at 7 p.m. on Aug. 29.

For more information about the Civil War 150 exhibit and events at the Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, call (479) 964-0569 or email to askalibrarian@atu.edu.